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Helen Bennett 🌿
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Nature lover & trying, in my own small way, to conserve & protect it! Passionate about habitat creation & gardening for ALL wildlife.
Oh yes, I'm a nature photographer & I paint too! : ))

All images shared are my own © From South East, England, UK
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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 8d
'Early summer memories' A gorgeous Marbled White butterfly for #MacroMonday I miss seeing these beauties fluttering around the downs. 📷 🦋

Happy Monday everyone, hope you all have a great week ahead 🕊️👋

#Photography #Invert #Nature #UKWildlife #Butterflies #EastCoastKin #TheSmallThings
A photograph of a Marbled White butterfly that has a black and white checked pattern on its wings. it is seen in side profile with one wing showing its paler underwing and the other showing its upper wing pattern. It is feeding on a purple thistle flower. The background is blurred and coloured green from foliage. Photo taken in June, South East UK.
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alan678.bsky.social
Autumnal glow. #HolidayRobin #birds #EastCoastKin
A close-up photo of a robin standing on a cluster of dried hydrangea flowers, bathed in warm golden light. The bird’s bright orange chest and face glow against its brown and grey plumage, while the background falls into a soft, dark blur, giving the scene a rich, autumnal feel.
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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denterrick.bsky.social
A fairy tale looking Butter Cap on the forest floor.

This almost looks AI generated but I can promise you it's not.

#Hiking #Fungi #FungiFriends #mycology #forest #Photography #EastCoastKin #Ireland
A lone peach coloured Butter Cap mushroom on a messy forest floor.
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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mplandscapes.bsky.social
Limestone oak wood VI
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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robcamera.bsky.social
Here is a wonderful Manx Shearwater #OnTheGround at #SkomerIsland
#BirdOfTheDay #UKWildlife #birds #photography
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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dunnjons.bsky.social
Good mourning!

Here's a busy little mourning bee in Rhodes, with Green-winged Orchids on its mind.

#orchids
Green-winged Orchid (Anacamptis morio ssp caucasica) in Rhodes, with a mourning bee, Melecta obscura
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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thegardenjungle.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay is #BirdsOnTheGround today so here is a selection of my images for you all to enjoy
Plover Snow Bunting Lapwing Atlantic Puffin
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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javajanegallery.co.uk
Double points 🏆 for #HolidayRobin and #TwosDay
#birds #photography #EastCoastKin
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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rina2012.bsky.social
Giving to others is fulfilling. But if you only ever give, you will eventually feel a sense of emptiness. Remember to think of yourself too 🫶

#RoseWednesday #photography #thoughts #ImageandVerse #flowers #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #bloomscrolling #nature #ArtYear #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin
Close-up of an open pink autumn rose, with a closed flower in front of it. The background is blurred.
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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alan678.bsky.social
Good morning, the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #paddling birds standing or walking in shallow water. The alternate is #yellow birds with any yellow colouring. I’ve went with paddling and this Little Egret. Good luck. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A striking white egret stands gracefully in shallow, dark blue water. Its slender neck is arched elegantly, and the bird’s bright plumage glows in the sunlight, contrasting sharply against the deep, shadowed background. Its reflection is visible in the still water below, creating a serene and minimalist scene.
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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msjulesb.bsky.social
Good morning and happy Thursday, BS 🦋… have a great day! ☕️🌿🍂☀️🌳🍁💛🌱✨
A woodland in autumn with tall trees some covered in green ivy….their leaves are turning yellow and orange the ground is covered in leaves … the sky is pale blue and a some clouds.
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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onlyveesaz.bsky.social
I almost forgot today is #twosday Black Oystercatchers
Two Black Oystercatchers
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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sandra-aamodt.bsky.social
Little blue heron hunting at Hato La Aurora Nature Reserve in Colombia
#BirdOfTheDay #birds
Blue-gray bird with purple neck and a long bill, in profile, walking in a muddy river as it keeps an eye out for food
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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audjde.bsky.social
To some, it appears I am lost …
I move not in the direction
the majority move,
I view my surroundings
through different lenses,
I listen for that which is
often overlooked, disregarded

I am not lost …
I’m just not where you are,
or, think I should be

#Poem #Poetry #EastCoastKin #Lost #NotLost
Ocean and coastline view. On the left is a blue ocean. In the foreground is shallow water, in a sandy pool. Clouds are reflected in the water. Along the right is a sandy beach, overshadowed by high-rise residential apartments. The sun is reflecting off many of the windows. Further along is a headland. Grey/white clouds fill the top of the photo.
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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meatballsalad.bsky.social
Oak Titmouse on the Forest Floor
#birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography
November 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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pauljwillson.bsky.social
Latterbarrow Crag and on to Wasdale
November 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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srivas.bsky.social
Anque ameace treboada, nada desacouga a forza silandeira da grea.

Val do Umia

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
#Photography #nature #Naturephotography #natureza #naturaleza #Landscape #river #Wildlife #Meadow #Horses #Landscapephography #Autumn #Rural #Countryside #Galicia #Galiza
Even though a storm threatens, nothing alters the silent force of the wind. Horses in a meadow under a leaden sky that threatens thunderstorms.
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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hummingbird-the.bsky.social
I think it's important not to overlook the common birds, so here's a beautiful little robin, from RSPB Pulborough Brooks last weekend, early in the morning 😍🌅🐦🪶 #birds #birdphotography
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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paullauterphoto.bsky.social
A bonus photo as I join in on Wildlife Wednesday with this Autumnal photo of a Fallow Deer.

#wildlife #WildlifeWednesday #fallowdeer #ukwildlife #ukwildlifephotography #autumn
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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alan678.bsky.social
Good morning. Thinking of family members and others who fought during The Great War 1914-1918.

Remembrance Day.

Beneath the burning sky they rest,
names carried on the wind
The sun sinks low to honour them,
A fallen light for those who’ve gone.

#RemembranceDay #photography #Sunset #EastCoastKin
A deep orange sunset fills the sky as the sun lowers behind a distant range of dark, hazy hills. A horizontal band of cloud cuts across the sun, creating a bright golden rim above and below it. The foreground shows calm water reflecting muted orange light, with a dark curved shoreline at the bottom of the frame.
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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dunnjons.bsky.social
Part of the joy of working with European #orchids is seeing the reaction they elicit, whether in person from my @mariposanature.bsky.social guests or here online. It's so satisfying to see how they touch something in people. I'm currently writing about that emotional response for a new book.
Ophrys colossaea, Orchids of Rhodes © Jon Dunn Ophrys blitopertha, Orchids of Rhodes © Jon Dunn
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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runnelstone.bsky.social
Redshank at Hayle Estuary this week. One of around 75 wintering on the reserve.

#cornwallbirding #birding #ukbirding
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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sandrazwagerman.bsky.social
A lake with a view for #Stunday
#PhotographersofBluesky
#Scandinavia #Landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #Sunset #theGoldenHour
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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rleggos.bsky.social
Okay, I'll play! Here's one of my photos of swallows (mostly cliff swallows) at sunset in Grand Teton National Park from back in May for #BlueSkyArtShow (theme: #evening)

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A flock of swallows swarm against a purple sky with the Tetons behind them
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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grays.art
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StandingOnThings except the Floor, and the Alternative is #Gulls

I've gone with an Anhinga on a fence, though he looks fairly certain to me.

Olympus 180mm

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #florida #waterbirds #naturephotography #birding
Close up of anhinga fills the 9x16 frame, from beach in the upper right hand corner, to taloned flippers at the bottom, giving no U.S. side eye of course.
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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spidermax3000.bsky.social
Happy Saturday
Blue-gray #tanager - Thraupis episcopus
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 9-2-25) 🐦 #photography #animal #bird #zoo #cincyzoopic
A blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus) perched on a branch and looking slightly towards the left of frame while we get a shot of mostly their breast
November 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM